February, 2017

• 7 February

  Al Marakeb to promote marine technologies

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE-based Al Marakeb Boat Manufacturing Company will promote its latest marine technologies and unmanned capabilities at the International Defense Exhibition (Idex) 2017 to be held from February 19 to 23 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. “Al Marakeb will introduce MAP-Tech, a division that is dedicated to autonomous and marine navigation solutions at the ...

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• 7 February

  WSG announces finalists of World GovTechioneers Race

  

    Dubai / WAM The World Government Summit (WGS) 2017 announced it has received thousands of nominations in the first edition of the World GovTechioneers Race. The contest was launched in December 2016 to encourage global government entities to enhance their services, implement smart government initiatives, and develop partnerships to identify innovative solutions to challenges facing the world. In line with ...

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• 7 February

  Mohamed meets IBM chief, discusses technological coop

    Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Tuesday received Ginni Rometty, IBM President and CEO, at Al Shatti Palace. The duo discussed technological co-operation and areas of co-ordination between the UAE’s national companies and the American technology multinational in the ...

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• 7 February

  UAE hosts technical workshop on oil, gas

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE hosted the first technical workshop conducted by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in co-operation with the Ministry of Energy. The workshop was attended by Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy. The ministry’s initiative to host the workshop indicates its commitment to develop specialised national skills through the ...

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• 7 February

  MoF to organise sessions on economy, development

    Abu Dhabi / WAM Ministry of Finance (MoF) will highlight UAE’s leading financial and economic model and the importance of strengthening financial ties with the Arab nations and others during the World Government Summit 2017. The ministry will cover the prominent topics included in the agenda of the Fifth World Government Summit, such as the economy and the finance to ...

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• 7 February

  World-renowned speaker to headline MRM Business Awards event

    Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has announced that world-renowned motivational speaker, author and customer service expert Ron Kaufman will headline the closing ceremony for the 9th cycle of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MRM) Business Award and the 1st edition of the MRM Business Innovation Award. During the ceremony, Kaufman will share his ...

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• 7 February

  Palestinians ask world to punish Israel for new settlement law

  

    JERUSALEM / AP A Palestinian Cabinet minister on Tuesday called on the international community to punish Israel for a contentious new law, just hours after the Israeli parliament adopted the bill to retroactively legalize thousands of West Bank settlement homes built unlawfully on private Palestinian land. The explosive law, approved by lawmakers late on Monday, is the latest in ...

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• 7 February

  Trump says media ‘doesn’t want to report’ extremist attacks

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE / AP President Donald Trump is accusing the media of deliberately minimizing coverage of the threat posed by the IS group, saying news outlets “have their reasons” for not reporting what he described as a “genocide” underway at the hands of the group. The president did not immediately offer evidence to support his claim, made ...

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• 7 February

  Chinese judge: Trump is an enemy ‘of the rule of law’

    BEIJING / AP A judge in China’s top court has labeled Donald Trump an enemy “of the rule of law” over his insults directed at a US judge who temporarily blocked the president’s travel ban, saying Trump had set a poor example as head of the world’s leading democracy. Supreme People’s Court Judge He Fan’s blog post came after ...

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• 7 February

  NATO presence in Baltics sends clear signal: Lithuania

  

    VILNIUS / AP Lithuania’s president says that large numbers of NATO forces being stationed in the Baltics sends a clear signal that the alliance stands “strong and united.” Dalia Grybauskaite says that Lithuania has “never before” seen “forces of such size and integrity” deployed in one of NATO’s easternmost countries close to key Russian exclave Kaliningrad. Grybauskaite spoke Tuesday ...

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